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Common Names
Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELEUTHEROCOCCUS-SAPONIN-D | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-A | 0 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B | 2 | Root | 985.0 | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Root | not available | 1.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Stem Bark | not available | 23.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1 | 1 | Tissue Culture | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-2 | 0 | Root | not available | 1.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-4 | 0 | Root | not available | 230.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-C | 1 | Root | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-D | 1 | Root | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-D | 1 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-D | 1 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-E | 2 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-5 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-6 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-7 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-E-8 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-F | 0 | Root | 400.0 | 500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEUTHEROSIDE-G | 0 | Root | 250.0 | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacne | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiadrenergic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 3 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiallergic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |